K Johnson
Moderator
1060 posts
Mar 01, 2010
4:21 PM
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Power outage that occured at 15:05 today is due to a faulty transmission switch in Alberta says BC Hydro. Estimated time of power recovery is 16:30.
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Deputy Fire Chief
15 posts
Mar 01, 2010
5:10 PM
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New estimated time is around 18:00hrs
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Donna_A
210 posts
Mar 01, 2010
8:38 PM
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Ha......both wrong. We had a wiener roast on the wood stove in the basement, was ready to put some Kraft dinner on just before the power came on.
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Life is tough ...It's even tougher if you're stupid.........
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Guest001
53 posts
Mar 02, 2010
12:25 AM
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Anyone else have no running water? Or do I need a plumber?
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K Johnson
Moderator
1061 posts
Mar 02, 2010
5:11 AM
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That outage was a bit long wasn't it? 5.5 hours...
I guess we do not have a back up power system? That was one hell of a "switch" problem...
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Guest001
54 posts
Mar 02, 2010
6:38 AM
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Anyone still having water problems or is it still just me?
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K Johnson
Moderator
1063 posts
Mar 02, 2010
6:53 AM
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No problem with my water this morning Guest...
If you still have problems by 8am, maybe call public works at 774-2541.
Last Edited on 2-Mar-2010 6:53 AM
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icetitanV1.2
Moderator
2366 posts
Mar 02, 2010
6:53 AM
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Same
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Guest001
55 posts
Mar 02, 2010
6:55 AM
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Thanks Ice... Got a bit worried for a bit!
Or did you mean same as Ken?
Last Edited on 2-Mar-2010 7:10 AM
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icetitanV1.2
Moderator
2367 posts
Mar 02, 2010
7:15 AM
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Same as Ken. Water running fine. Not really cold enough to freeze anything so you might have a snafu going on.
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Guest001
56 posts
Mar 02, 2010
7:16 AM
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ah dang!
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Guest001
57 posts
Mar 02, 2010
2:27 PM
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Frozen at/just below ground level... Seemed a bit wierd to have a frozen pipe at +8. Thanks Ray!
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K Johnson
Moderator
1064 posts
Mar 02, 2010
3:24 PM
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You are good to go now?
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Guest001
58 posts
Mar 02, 2010
3:29 PM
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you bet!
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Casper
350 posts
Mar 02, 2010
3:49 PM
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I guess we should be thanking our lucky stars (or BC Hydro should) that our temperature was warmer than normal or we all would have had many, many problems associated with not having power for over 5 hours.
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K Johnson
Moderator
1065 posts
Mar 02, 2010
3:52 PM
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Amen to that!
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crmr
35 posts
Mar 02, 2010
7:53 PM
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Does the generating station down at Spectra only generate power for thie usage? Why could it not be used as back up for the town. If it had been 40 below there would have been major issues.
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icetitanV1.2
Moderator
2369 posts
Mar 02, 2010
8:05 PM
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Pretty sure its for their own use. Im not sure if its tied in to the towns power grid. I can most likley find out for sure tomorrow.
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Rubber Ducky
85 posts
Mar 02, 2010
11:14 PM
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Imagine it went out during the hockey game, there would be alot of angry people out there. I thought it was kinda funny how everyone was just cruising around during the power outage.
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Casper
352 posts
Mar 03, 2010
8:28 AM
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Spectra supplies the BC Hydro Generating Plant "black start power" to start their plant out at Mile 285, during an emergency, as they did during the power outage. Spectra does not make enough power to supply the entire town. Black start power is bascially start up power until they are able to generate their own.
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Hawk
12 posts
Mar 04, 2010
10:44 PM
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The town of Fort Nelson is supplied their power by BC Hydro at the plant beside Spectra. Fort Nelson is not on the main BC Hydro grid. Alberta is the backup power supply for Fort Nelson when the BC Hydro plant goes down. The issue in Alberta knocked the BC Hydro plant out and since the problem started in Alberta, they couldn't act as back up power.
I think it is very dangerous to take the power supply for granted here. There are a lot of things that can take out the power supply that are beyond BC Hydro's control. It was very lucky that the weather was so mild. I am betting a lot more people and businesses will be looking into buying generators.
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